New Trump Card
A water cage Gu, very effective at capturing wild Gu worms, lands on Fang Yuan’s palm, and the hairy man still refining howls before thunder kills him. If he remembers rightly, this is the thirty-second round of King Xin Inheritance, which is extremely cruel, like King Quan Inheritance. Difficulty rises every ten rounds, and the hairy men grow smarter and stronger. Flattery won Fang Yuan the first twenty or so rounds, but from the thirtieth the hairy men are huge and intelligent, and he can only compete fairly. The materials gathered earlier can be saved for later rounds, a trick King Xin left that few realise. ch. 358
From the fortieth round the difficulty rises several folds, and a Gu Master may use one Gu, which must be refinement path. Fang Yuan has none and almost no materials left, so each round becomes very difficult. The rewards that begin there are very generous, among them refinement path Gu worms and primeval stones. At the forty-fourth round he is offered a chance to leave and takes it. ch. 358
Back on San Cha mountain, Tie clan’s purple light barrier still stands. Bai Ning Bing is still trapped, and Tie clan’s four old-timers, very patient, have not entered three kings inheritance. Fang Yuan trades with Li Xian again, who warns that the old-timers requested support and reinforcements are coming. Tie Ba Xiu, a strength path Gu Master of rank four upper stage, heads them, and with him comes Tie Ruo Nan, daughter of Divine Investigator Tie Xue Leng and one of the eight young masters, at rank four initial stage. Fang Yuan privately notes that Tie clan sent this same group in his previous life. Li Xian urges him to act now, but Fang Yuan only asks for attention to future deals and leaves. ch. 358
Li Xian’s expression turns grave. Finding Fang Yuan unmoved, Li Xian briefly doubts the rumored bond, then judges that so beautiful a partner will surely draw him to her rescue. Li Xian takes the news to Hu Mei Er, who brightens and throws herself into his arms. ch. 358
In a dusky cave, a thumb-sized pearl lets out a faint golden luster on Fang Yuan’s palm. It is a yellow gold relic Gu, rank four, received as a King Xin Inheritance reward. The great clans strictly control its market supply, and even Li Xian cannot get one. It lifts a rank four Gu Master’s cultivation by one small realm outright. Spring Autumn Cicada suppresses it, so he makes the cicada conceal itself before activating the Gu. By dawn he has reached rank four middle stage, and nine eyes liquor worm would now give him rank four upper stage essence gold primeval essence. He has surpassed Bai Ning Bing in cultivation, and his steadier aperture walls now bear more of Spring Autumn Cicada’s pressure, somewhat delaying the death it threatens. ch. 358
Next he refines the footless bird Gu, another King Xin Inheritance reward, a rank three mount that moves ten thousand miles but flies only once. Most materials are left over from King Xin Inheritance, a portion is bought from Li Xian, and a total of a hundred and eighty thousand primeval stones goes in. The result is bone wings Gu, rank four, spotless white, which settles on his back as two pairs of folded wings. When he pours in primeval essence, intense pain strikes as bones grow from his backbone and ribs into two enormous wings. Iron bone Gu and essence iron bone have remade his skeleton, so the wings are pitch black with a metallic luster, far sturdier than ordinary ones. A soft flap raises a strong whirlwind. ch. 358
Ordinary Gu Masters often train two to three years before flying with bone wings Gu, but Fang Yuan’s five hundred years in his previous life gave him plentiful flying experience. His newly advanced cultivation and bone wings Gu become his new trump cards. He keeps the wings, a chilling light in his eyes, ready to deal with Bai Ning Bing’s matter. ch. 358
